USAID WE3 Factsheet: Women's Economic Empowerment in Solid Waste Management and Recycling in Latin America and the Caribbean

The factsheet highlights the challenges faced by women in the sector, including limited access to resources, lack of recognition, and gender-based discrimination. It also presents findings from a WE3 gender analysis, including the estimated 4 million individuals who rely on informal waste picking as their main livelihood, and the need for gender-diverse teams to develop new approaches to advance women's economic empowerment and equality in the sector. The document provides program-level and mission-level recommendations for advancing WE3 in the sector.